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elaboration
/ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The addition of more details or explanation.
- 02
noun
Extra detailSetting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
Examples
Further elaboration or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.
This summary is too succinct; it needs further elaboration to make it understandable.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
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- Parts of speech
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- Citations
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Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
More examples
In contextthe elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues
the elaboration of food into chyme
Quick test
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Origin
noun
From Middle French élaboration. Morphologically elaborate + -ion.